THIS WEEK'S COMPETITION.
WHAT THE CROCODILE PLANTED. Here is a list of things the Crocodile ■planted in his garden expecting, as a result of hie labours, to get a fine assortment of fruit, flowers and vegetables, jtfame the plants he should have grown and win one of the cash prizes offered in "Our Competition Corner." He planted: — I. A girl's name, expecting a shrub. 2. A sunrise, expecting a flower. 3. A month, expecting a flower. 4. An investment, expecting a flower. 5. A town and a lady of beauty, expecting a flower. 6. A letter (phonetic) and a plunge, expecting a vegetable. 7. A facial expression and a woodman'e implement, expecting a plant. 8. Westminster Abbey, expecting a flower. 9. A number, a parent, aud part of ft limb, expecting a fruit. 10. A dairy product and a trophy, expecting a flower. 11. A veihicle and a period of time, expecting a vegetable. 12< A tree and part of a horse's-leg, ..♦xpcfiiing a flc!"fii\ iis. a painful growth and a iblossom, expecting a flower. 14. A file and a fruit, expecting a fruit. 15. A heavenly body and a coin, exacting a flower. 16. A. bird and part of a trooper's kit, (fexpectißg a flower. 17. A wild animal and an article of •wearing apparel, expecting a flower. 18. An instrument of punishment, a tree. ■UK A -whipping and paTt of a plant, io&pccting a vegetable.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 215, 11 September 1929, Page 20
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237THIS WEEK'S COMPETITION. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 215, 11 September 1929, Page 20
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